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Sharing printer problemI set up my desktop and laptop with the same workgroup name. I then went to
desktop and identified one of my direct connected printers as n"sharing" and gave it a name. Then I went to the laptop and used "add a printer". Then printer wizard give two options 1)local printer attached to this computer or 2) a netwowrk printer or printer attached to another printer. I selected #2. Then on next page of wizard I click "connect to this printer" and I type in the name of the printer. I get a message "window cannot connect to this printer" The printer is not on a server - it is connected to my desktop. My laptop connects to the internet thru a router but I have no idea how to get the laptop to be able to print thru the printer. Thanks Carl In article <46F8648F-665D-4ADF-A4CC-8912CC95F***@microsoft.com>,
carl43m <carl***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I set up my desktop and laptop with the same workgroup name. I then went to The desktop computer is the server -- it's sharing its printer with>desktop and identified one of my direct connected printers as n"sharing" and >gave it a name. Then I went to the laptop and used "add a printer". Then >printer wizard give two options 1)local printer attached to this computer >or 2) a netwowrk printer or printer attached to another printer. I selected >#2. Then on next page of wizard I click "connect to this printer" and I >type in the name of the printer. I get a message "window cannot connect to >this printer" The printer is not on a server - it is connected to my >desktop. My laptop connects to the internet thru a router but I have no idea >how to get the laptop to be able to print thru the printer. > >Thanks >Carl other computers. Click "Connect to this printer", and type this in the "Name" field, substituting the desktop's computer's name and the printer's share name. \\desktop\printer -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
XP Won't Work With DHCP
Used to network properly but now Guest account is interfering. Cannot see computer on network Stop "Part of domain" VPN and NetBIOS two different gateways in one machine Networking Not enough server storage is available to process this command Simple network wont work cannot connect my two computers |
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